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JOHN J. ETHELL
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life and service of John J. Ethell of Bloomfield, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
John J. Ethell was born in Davis county, Iowa, on November 16, 1872, and resided in that county during his whole life, living in the city of Bloomfield after 1881. He graduated from the high school of that city and was married to Addie Hotchkiss of Bloomfield on August 24, 1903. They had two children, a daughter, Alice, and a son, George K. Mr. Ethell was engaged in the farm loan and abstract business for many years. He died at Bloomfield, Iowa, on October 31, 1935, at the age of 62 years, 11 months and 15 days.
Senator Ethell was elected to the Iowa State Senate from the Third Senatorial District of Iowa composed of Davis and Appanoose counties in 1920, this being his first political office, and he served in the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Fortieth Extra Sessions of the General Assembly. Following his service in the legislature he served for several years as postmaster at Bloomfield, Iowa.
Senator Ethell is remembered by those who knew him as one who combined a lively sense of humor with a conscientious devotion to duty which made him a dependable and outstanding member of the Senate. His duties in that body and as a private citizen were always well and ably carried out; therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Forty-eighth General Assembly of Iowa in Regular Session: That in the passing of John J. Ethell the state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen and a man of strong character, and the Senate of Iowa by this resolution extends its sympathy to his family.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the secretary be directed to send enrolled copies to the members of the family of the deceased.
HUGH G. GUERNSEY,
H. V. LEVIS,
SANFORD ZEIGLER, JR.,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.